In September 2024 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data showing that overdose mortality, which had been climbing…
At the start of another new year, advocates and lawmakers are again eyeing adult-use and medical marijuana legalization opportunities in…
If federal officials follow through on President Donald Trump’s recent executive order directing the reclassification of marijuana, it could free…
Most people who smoke tobacco live in the Asia-Pacific region. Millions of them die of smoking-related causes each year. Yet…
On January 7, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie (D) announced imminent plans to open Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation and Triage…
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has released the latest Monitoring the Future Survey (MFS), which for over 50 years…
On January 6 the Senate confirmed Sara A. Carter Bailey as the new “drug czar,” the colloquial title for the…
Three decades ago when I began my prison sentence, corrections officers worked eight-hour shifts. Some did the work well and…
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women. In 2022, there were an estimated 660,000 diagnoses and about…
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pled not guilty to drug trafficking charges in a federal district courthouse in Manhattan on…